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If you notice any issues on out website and activities, we are more than happy to get notified and will try our best to fix it - where any helping hand is welcome as well!

Yes I understand that, as mentioned in my original post.

I was more so looking for others input if they also aligned with what I have been seeing and feeling as of late regaridng DNN at a high level - the platform, community and corportation.

I think the split between the company selling Evoq and the Community is great.
I do agree that the state of dnnsoftware & support by DNN corp is an issue, but at least you can now see that the community is still alive and kicking. This is the best thing that has happened to DNN in years IMO.
Who would have thought that the community would be able to do all the stuff that's going on right now "on it's own"?
I hoped this "split"  would work out the way it did but I wasn't sure from the start.
A simple example, the forums on dnnsoftware were virtually dead but I'm really happy with the renewed activity in this forum.
DNN is more vibrant than 3 years ago. We are even seeing new users showing up in the forms again.

On modules: there are a lot of modules that are not supported any more or vendors that stopped selling or developing them. (BTW Daniel Valedas did a great job getting most of the old core modules up to par again) but you also should not forget that modules like Open Content and 2SXC are way more flexible and can, with a bit of work on a template, replace many of the "old" modules.
Our (40FINGERS) focus shifted from single purpose modules to mutilpurpose module like Open Content, ActionForm etc. some years ago and it works great for us.

So I think DNN is in a much better position than some years ago because the community are now in control.
But I'm also very happy we have all our clients on DNN platform  and not on Evoq.
BTW if you did there are also ways to upgrade Evoq to DNN platform, but obviously not all functionality will be available after that.
(unless you custom build it or even better create a pull request for DNN platform)

And if you want to help the community, please do.
DNN platform == Community
 

What Timo says ...

I think that Timo said a lot of good here.  But I'll add more to this as well.

Technologically, security, and functionality wise we have accomplished more as an Open Source product in the last 24 months than we have seen in quite a while.  It might not seem that way sometimes, but we really have.  As a volunteer-led project there are certain things that expectation wise cannot be met any longer though, such as roadmaps.  We have struggled with this concept for a while, we can have all of the best-laid plans, but if the volunteers are not available and don't get the submission in, the item will slip.

We can for sure do better on communication, but anyone can jump in to help us move things forward.  I personally feel that we are in the best place we could be right now.  We have a way to go, but we have the right support structure to really keep it going.  Just my $0.02

I have a client who has been reading DNN's bad press lately, e.g. Joe Brinkman's recent article and he is headed for the door.

Can anyone please point me to some recent, credible articles or blogs stating DNN is still viable

and has a bright future.  Thank you in advance!

I suggest that you start with the Blogs section of this website.

Also, find Mitchel Sellers' blog (iowacomputergurus.com, mitchelsellers.com) for pretty complete discussions of where we are and where we are headed.

IMHO, the DNN Community is thriving and has been since the 2017 events mentioned in that post that you cited. Major changes and lots of energy.

Take a look and see for yourself.

Bernie is correct. I'm one of those new users considering DNN for a new project and what I'm seeing and experiencing is concerning. I've reached out to learn more about Evoq, get a demo, and get some pricing. A month has passed since my requests and I've heard nothing. I've even entered this as a ticket item and escalated it...still nothing. Is there an Evoq product for sale? Is it dead?

@Geoff The Evoq product is still out there and they are making releases on a regular basis, it is sometimes easier to get with a partner to get responses a bit faster, as I'm not sure which channel you have used in the past. If you want some help, feel free to email me directly [email protected]

As for the DNN Platform Open-Source project, we have a plan, and there is still a good future, in my opinion which I explain in my recent blog postings.